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Third Generation
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She died on 23 Oct 1934 at the age of 88 in Woolooga, Queensland, Australia. Ellen Elizabeth ASHMEAD and
Amor Hicks KENDALL were married on 6 May 1865
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Scots
Church. According to the Rites of the
Presbyterian Church].
They were separated about 1875 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Amor Hicks KENDALL, son of Francis KENDALL and Grace HICKS, was born on 17 Dec 1837 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He died on 19 Mar 1918 at the age of 80 in Forster, New South Wales, Australia.[ Cause of death : Gastric, Arterio Sclerosis. [Sunday Times ... 24th March 1918] [SMH ... 27th March 1918] DEATH OF OLD PILOT CAPTAIN A. H. KENDALL, OF. CAPE HAWKE , TAREE, Saturday. Captain Amor Hicks Kendall, the first pilot at Forster, died this week at the age of 80. He was closely associated with the early shipping of the Manning and Wallamba. He first came to the Cape Hawke in 1866 as master of the ketch Oberon, and was the third navigator to visit the port. There was no pilot in those days. The first log from this port was shipped from Coolongolook, and was taken to Sydney by Captain Kendall in the Oberon. It was cut up at Mr. Booths mill and made into batons for the police. The second log, an ironbark one, was also taken from the port by Captain, Kendall, and made into mallets for the prisoners at Darlinghurst Gaol. Ships in those days carried about 14,000 feet of timber. Now they carry up to 120,000 feet. On the day of Captain Kendall's death, three ships left the Wallamba carrying 270,000 to 280,000 super feet of timber. Captain Kendall's license as pilot at Capt Hawke was dated June 18, 1883. At one time he was bar bound for two months at Cape Hawke. [SMH ... 5th July 1918] In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. PROBATE JURISDICTION. In the will of Amor Hicks Kendall, late of Forster, in the State of New South Wales, master mariner, deceased. PURSUANT to the "Wills, Probate and Administra tion Act. 1898," and the "Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 1916": Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claim upon or affecting the estate of the abovenamed deceased, who died on the 19th day of March, 1918, and probate of whose will was, on the 14th day of May, 1918, granted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales to William Henry Poppenhagen, the sole executor in the said will named, are hereby required to send in full particulars in writing of their claims to the said William Henry Poppenhagen, of Forster, in the State aforesaid, accountant, on or before the 12th day of August next, after which date the said William Henry Poppenhagen will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the notices entitled thereto, having regard to the claims only of which he then has notice; and notice is hereby further given that the said William Henry Poppenhagen will not he liable, for the assets or any part thereof so distributed, to any person of whose claim he shall not have had notice at the time of such distribution. —Dated this 28th day of June, 191w. ALLEN, ALLEN. AND HEMSLEY, Solicitors. After his marriage he resided in the Sydney area. ========== The Pilot Station itself outlived its usefulness and, after no other useful unitization could be found for the structure it was demolished. Upon his retirement he spent his time at his little cottage called "Smug Harbour". The cottage had been built by local tradesmen and nested in a protected corner adjoining the actual Pilot Reserve. The location of the cottage could be seen for miles around by two large trees within it's grounds. In those days the cottage afforded the only track to the beach at the lake's entrance. The gardens and fernery of the cottage were locally renowned. In 1866, Amor was the skipper of the 'Oberon', a 40 ton ketch, which was involved in coastal trading. He is noted as the third navigator to visit Cape Hawke, Forster, New South Wales. He is mentioned as having shipped the first logs from Coolongolook and transporting the cargo to Sydney, It was made into batons for the police. The second log was also taken from the port by Captain Kendall. It was an iron-bark, and used to make mallets for the pri- soners at Darlinghurst Gaol. In about 1875 he wife left him and his young children. The reasons are unknown and Ellen disappears from all other records researched to date. The girls were placed in the care of Mrs SCOTT at Harrington, New South Wales, and they remained there until the Amor and his daughters were reunited when he obtained the Government appointment, in 1883, as Maritime Pilot at Cape Hawke, Forster, New South Wales. -------------------- [SMH 30 June 1883] APPOINTMENTS -Mr. Amor Hicks Kendall to be pilot at Cape Hawke Captain Kendall's license as pilot at Capt Hawke was dated June 18, 1883. --------------------- Amor was the first officially appointed Maritime Pilot at the port. He is remembered by the local residence of Forster as being a strict, but fair, father in the girls. The duties of the Marine Pilot were numerous in the early days. He was usually the only person who knew the present conditions of the harbour and the dangers to shipping; official manuals and books were outdated and unreliable even before they were printed. The bar could change dramatically with the various tides and weather conditions. The Pilot was responsible for the safe entry and exiting of all ships from the Port, especially across the bar. He was also responsible for the collection of all government fees, duties and taxes levied against the ships and their owners. He was also responsible for the inspection and sea worthiness of ships, making reports as necessary. Kept accurate tidal reports and the daily condition of the bar. Bore the responsibility for the upkeep and accurate positioning of flags on the headland. It also fell to the Pilot and his crew to carry out rescues at sea when required. From 1886 to 1896 Amor also served as the Fisheries Inspector for the waterways around the local area, including Tuncurry. In 1886 he became the Master, Loyal Forster Lodge no,134 of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity. In the Log of ship's master, Captain Michael TREIBERG, dated 26th June 1907, he noted his visit to Cape Hawke and his dealings with Captain "Ned" KENDALL : "When I went to Captain KENDALL, the old Pilot, to fix up my pilotage exemption he asked me to fill in the papers, saying that no Pilot was required these days, but a blooming clerk. He was a fine old salt. Harry WRIGHT was the tallyman at Wrights wharf. The two boatmen at the time were Mr HOCKING and Charles BENSON, a Swede, who had married KENDALL's daughter". Amor resided on "the hill" in charge of the Pilot Station from his arrival in June 1883 until his retirement in 1908; his official records show that he was "on leave" awaiting retirement. He was replaced by Henry HINDE, who was appointed to the position of acting Pilot in 1st June 1902. Amor enjoyed fishing in his retirement, One of those fishing excursions in the company of three friends nearly ended in disaster. On the day, the sea appeared calm, but as their launch was crossing the bar a monsterous wave crashed over them and smashed the boats to pieces. The tide was strong and on it's way out; the men were carried with the current for more than a mile out to sea, It appeared that two of the men were non-swimmers and quickly weakened in the condition. Amor and the other man, much younger, supported the other two for more than a hour until a lifeboat reached and rescued them. It is believed that Amor was about 73 years of age at the time. ---------------------------------------------------------------- When the settlement of Forster was established in early 1870 the only means of transport to and from Sydney was by sea but unfortunately the bar at the entrance to the port created serious problems for the passage of vessels in rough weather. In June 1874 Captain Pennington was appointed to signal incoming ships as to the state of the bar. With the rapid build up of port activities the authorities appointed an assistant signalman, John Oldfield in August 1876 with a wage of £96 per annum. At this time John Wright, owner of a local shipyard built and introduced a tug service to guide vessels entering and leaving the harbour. Captain Pennington was replaced in 1886 by Captain Amos Kendall who was a fully fledged pilot. He also served as a fisheries inspector from 1886 to 1896.. Because of the increasing harbour activity it was decided in 1883 to build a pilot station on the Forster side of the harbour entrance. The complex included housing for staff and a signal store for flags and safety equipment etc. Over the years Captain Kendall employed numerous local boatsmen to help on special occasions and finally in February 1889 a second permanent appointment was given to Charles Benson. During 1892 Amor Charles Benson was appointed as a relieving pilot and apparently old Captain Kendall carried on for some time as the records that he was still in office in 1907. Other pilots employed at the station included Charles John Knott 1905, Henry Hynde 1907, Andrew Rixon 1911, William Rose 1912 and Charles McAllister 1919. A report on the facility in 1941 noted that there was a pilot’s residence, quarters for the first boatman, quarters for the second boatman, signal house, signal mast, lighthouse, office, store shed, rocket shed, telescope, rocket apparatus, three boats (whale boat, flat bottom punt, launch), a subsidised tug, code flags and morse lamp. The pilot station was closed in the early 1970s. The last of the buildings were demolished in 1996. The only remaining evidence of the pilot station is the flagpole. [For more information see under the KENDALL Family] |